Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There was a leica demo today where I hoped to get a chance to see the new R8. No such luck (also, I thought that there would be a technician on hand to help me my rangefinder problems, but that's another story). While I was there, I did have a chance to see the above lens. One word to describe it; WOW. It is super expensive (I think its about $6000 U.S., maybe more), but if ever I have held a lens that could justify that kind of price, this is it. Mechanically it is supurb. I used to think that my old Nikor 80-200/4.5 zoom was tough, but there's no comparison. As far as optics are concerned, it is undoubtedly first rate. It has definitely improved my opinion of Leica's R cameras. Dan C.